Gasket dispenser



Ap 4, 1953 A. R. KREUL 2,635,026

GASKET DISPENSER Filed April 20, 1950 l ine 30 32 I n uentor August R. Kreu/ WWW 3 M51? Patented Apr. 14, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GASKET DISPENSER August R. Kreul, Fennimore, Wis.

Application April 20, 1950, Serial No. 157,030

1 Claim. 1

Some of the advantages of the invention reside in its simplicity of construction, in its efiicient and sanitary operation as aforesaid, and in its adaptability for economical manufacture.

With the above more important objects and features in view and such other objects and features as may become apparent as this specification proceeds, the invention consists essentially of the arrangement and construction of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the invention.

Figure 2 is an underside plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view, taken substantially in the plane of the line 33 in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional detail, taken substantially in the plane of the line 4-4 in Figure 2, and

Figure 5 is a top plan View of an actuating member used in the invention.

' Like characters of reference are employed to designate like parts in the specification and throughout the several views.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings in detail, the invention consists of a gasket dispenser designated generally by the reference character Ill, the same embodying in its construction a vertically elongated, substantially cylindrical magazine l2 which is provided at the rear thereof with a U-shaped vertically elongated bracket l4 so that the entire dispenser may be conveniently secured to a suitable supporting surface.

The magazine [2 is provided with a bottom i6 which may, if desired, be provided with a rearward extension l8 secured to the bracket I4, while the upper end of the magazine is equipped with a suitable cover 20. A cylindrical guiding post 22 is secured to the underside of the cover 20 and extends centrally in the magazine 52, as is clearly shown in Figure l.

The lateral wall of the magazine I; is provided at the lower edge thereof with a substantially semi-circular outlet opening 26 which is only high enough to permit the lowermost gasket in the stack to slide outwardly by the actuation of an elongated member 28 which is slidably mounted in a pair of spaced brackets 30 secured to the underside of the magazine bottom [6.

The actuating member 28 is preferably hollow and is provided intermediate the ends thereof with a transverse pin 32 on which is anchored one end of a tension spring 34, the remaining end of this spring being anchored to the bracket M as shown at 35, so that the spring tends to slide the member 28 rearwardly. However, forward or outward sliding of the member 28 is effected against the resiliency of the spring 34 by simply pulling upon a finger piece 38 with which the member 28 is provided.

A pair of longitudinally spaced, wedge shaped detents 40 are provided on the upper surface of the actuating member 28 and project upwardly through a slot 42 in the bottom Hi to engage inner and outer edges of the lowermost gasket in the stack, so that when the finger piece 38 is pulled forwardly, the detents 40 push the lowermost gasket outwardly from the magazine l2 through the opening 26, thus performing the dispensing operation. Needless to say, as soon as the finger piece 38 is released, the spring 34 returns the member 28 to its rearwardly slid position, and it is to be noted that the pin 32 is engageable with the opposing edges of the guide brackets 30 so as to limit the forward and rearward sliding movement of the actuating member 28.

It is believed that the advantages and use of the invention will be clearly apparent from the foregoing disclosure and accordingly, further description thereof at this point is deemed unnecessary.

While in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

In an article dispenser including a gravity feed magazine having a bottom wall and a lateral outlet opening at one edge of said wall, an article ejecting mechanism comprising a pair of spaced straps secured at the ends thereof to the underside of said bottom wall and having downwardly offset intermediate portions constituting coaxial guides, a hollow elongated actuating member slidable in said straps and having an open end, said bottom Wall being provided with a recess above said member, a Wedge-shaped detent provided on said member and projecting upwardly 5 through said recess into said magazine for ejecting engagement with articles to be dispensed through said opening, a transverse pin extending through an intermediate portion of said member at a point between said straps, end portions of 10 said pin being engageable with the straps to provide stops for limiting the extent of sliding of the member, and a tension spring anchored at one end thereof to the dispenser and extending through the open end into said member, the inner end of said spring being connected to said pin whereby to urge the actuating member to a retracted position.

' AUGUST R. KREUL.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 921,185 Van Dyke May 11, 1909 1,179,776 Swift Apr. 18, 1916 1,602,765 Green et a1 Oct. 12, 1926 1,616,251 Bookout Feb. 1, 1927 1,672,593 Williams June 5, 1928 FOREIGN PATENTS 15 Number Country Date 723,705 Germany Aug. 10, 1942 

